Browns NFL draft: DBN staff predict who team should, will select in 1st round

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - APRIL 24: A general view of the video board on stage with the Cleveland Browns fifth pick during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft on April 24, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images) | Getty Images We have final reached the first day of the 2026 NFL draft. Does anyone know what the Cleveland Browns will do?

There are a lot of rumors and assumptions, but this year’s draft process has been different than any other in the last 10 years. Are there a lot of safe prospects ? Could the Browns hit a full reset ?

As we asked our readers in DBN’s Feed , the DBN staff answered what they think Cleveland should do in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft and what they ultimately think they will do. Chris Should: Come away with an offensive tackle and wide receiver in the first round Will: Try to package the No. 6 pick in a trade, either for more ammunition this year or a future first-round pick I represented Dawgs By Nature in this year’s SB Nation mock draft, I selected OT Monroe Freeling at No.

6 overall , and then WR KC Concepcion at No. 24 overall . Ever since the season ended, I’ve told myself a million times that I want to see the Browns come away with an offensive tackle/wide receiver pairing.